Adjustable buckle



Jan. 30, 1923.

1,443,599. H. H. TAYLOR ET Al..

ADJUSTABLE BUCKLE.

FILED OCT. 16, 1922.

Patented Jan. 30, 1923.

HENRY H. TAYLOR AND MYRON B. HAMMOND, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO THOS. P. TAYLOR COMPANY, OF-BRIDG'EPORT, CONNECTICUT, A

CORPORATION 0F CONNECTICUT.

ADJUSTABLE BUCKLE.

Application filed October 16, 1922. Serial No. 594,722.

To all whom t may concern: j

Be it known thatI we, HENRY H. TAYLoR and MYRoN B. HAMMOND, both citizens oi' the United States, residing at the city of Bridgeport, county of Fairiield, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Buckles; and we do declare the Jfollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description otl the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains, to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inv combined slide buckles and clips and pertains more especially to a buckle which has the clip that is usually secured to the free end or' the webbing or elastic made integral therewith.

The object of the clip of the present invention is to not only afford a finish for the webbing end edge and to prevent unraveling, but to also provide mean-s i'or preventing drawing movement of the webbing through the buckle by constant use, which would cause diiiiculty to the user in any attempt oi the latter to properly thread the buckle.

It further frequently happens that the constant strain on the webbing will pull the clip so tight against the edge of the sliding buckle as to result in the clip being pulled off of the buckle, the present invention aiming to overcome this defect by providing a structure wherein it is impossible for the webbing to pull loose from the clip.

The invention also has for its object the simplification and cheapening of the construction, since by making the clip integral with the buckle, both are stamped from sheet metal in a single operation.

In the drawings:

Figure 1, is a side elevation oi the invention applied to one end of a garter;

Figure 2, is a section on line 2 2 of Figure l;

Figure 3, is a plan view of the combined slide buckle and clin: and

Figure 4, is a section similar to Figure 2 of a modified form oi the invention.

In the drawings, the present'invention is illustrated in connection with the webbing YV oi one end of a garter, the latter having a female clasp C. The invention resides in a sliding buckle l slotted at 2 to receive the webbing WV. The inner side of the body of the buckle isturned outwardly and their inwardly to form a clip 3 which latter is engaged on top of the tree end W ci the webbing so as to tightly hold or` clamp the end `W as depicted in Figure 2. The tree side edge oi the clip ,3 may be roughened or serrated at 4 and extends slightly beyond the turned over part of the end W so as to bite into or against the inclined part I of the webbing that extends' through thev slot 2. In this manner after the buckle has been slid or adjusted, slipping o1 the buckle is positively prevented. In Figure 4 a modiied form of the invention isdisclosed and wherein two slots 2 and 20 are employed in lieu of the single slot 2 in the remaining figures of the drawings. In this form the clip 3 clamps the free end of the webbing W onto the buckle body 1, and has a serrated free side edge 4 which bites againstv the part P of the webbing that extends up through slot 2, the webbing then extending downwardly, through slot 20 underL body l', and up over the latter and over the clip 3, as in Figure 2 of the drawings.

rIhe number oi' slots employed are immaterial and the invention is accordingly not restricted to the number, since the latter may vary as desired.

In both forms of the invention the function of the clip is identical, and the free or biting edge 4 of the clip is in alinement with approximately the center of the slot 2 in Figure 2, and 2 in Figure 4 so that when the webbing is threaded as shown the parts P and P thereof respectively will be engaged by the edges 4 and 4 preventing slippage after adjustment. In Figure 4 itwill be noted that there are no metal parts whatever exposed, the webbing completely covering the parts.

What is claimed is l. A combined slide buckle and clip for use with webbing consisting oi a body having a slot through which a part ot the webbing passes, and a clip integral with the body and formed by extending the inner side of the body outwardly and inwardly to clamp the free end oi the webbing between the clip and the upper tace ofthe bot y, the free Side edge of the clip being disposed in alinement with substantially the center of the slot and being engaged with the said part of the webbing thmv passes hrough the slot so as to prevent slippage of the buelle after adjusnient.

2. A combined slide buckle and clip for use with webbing` Composed oi a slotted body reeei Ying the webbing through the Slot and :i Clip integral with the body and formed to clamp die free end of the Webbiligagainst the body7 the free side edge of the clip e:;tendin over the slot to grip the part of 'the webbing; that 'jzieses through the slot.

3. In a combined Slide buckle and clip 'for use with webbingr` e body having' a Web-re` eeiving' slot and having a clip-formingpart overlying the body and ezeinflingi` over the slot, the clip being forn'ied to clamp the free end of A'che webbing to the body and having a free side edge formed to grip the Said part of the webbing that extends through the slot.

ln a combined slide buckle und clip 'for use with Webbingye body having; e plurality of :slots to receive the webbing, the latter being threaded into l(ind out of the slots and extended around and over one side of `the body the other side of the body having an integral clip 'formed o clamp the Yhee end of the webbing between itself' and the body, the clip having u free side edge ein Ying the part of the webbing that extends thi onpfh one of the slot-s.

ln testimony whereof we affix our Sig-netures.

HENRY H. TAYLOR. MYRON B. HAMMOND. 

